A self-organizing incremental learning model that
attempts to combine inductive learning with prior
knowledge and default reasoning is described. The
inductive learning scheme accounts for useful
generalizations and dynamic priority allocation, and
effectively supplements prior knowledge. New rules
may be created and existing rules modified, thus
allowing the system to evolve over time. By
combining the extensional and intensional approaches
to learning rules, the model remains self-adaptive,
while not having to unnecessarily suffer from poor (or
atypical) learning environments. By combining rulebased
and similarity-based reasoning, the model
effectively deals with many aspects of brittleness.